- Date
- December 16, 1985, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4445KPiper PA-31T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851216063529A
- Case key
- 7045
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Analysis
During landing roll the landing gear collapsed and the acft skidded to a stop on the rwy. The acft was substantially damaged and the plt was not injured. A witness stated that he observed the landing gear in the down position while the acft was in the traffic pattern. A landing gear extension and retraction test was performed on the acft after the accident and the system operated normally. No pre-impact failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4445K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 790038
- Airframe hours
- 2,165
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Holmberg Electronic Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Airport
- SPA · Spartanbugh Mem, runway 22, 5,203 × 100 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 60 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPA, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.